In Celebration of Spring Springing.

DON Q RUM MIX-OFF / @ WALNUT ROOM / MON. APRIL 12TH /
NO COVER / COMPLIMENTARY COCKTAILS + SNACKS / 7-10PM

You'll all agree that spring has sprung with a vengeance! How better to celebrate the arrival of Philly's sultry summer months than to suck down some delicious rum cocktails?  The PA chapter of the US Bartenders' Guild, in partnership with ALFA cordially invite you to do just that at the Don Q Puerto Rican Rum Mix-Off!!  The competition will be red hot, the drinks ice-cold, and the music bumping as this hep industry crowd (meaning you) enjoys one another's company and the spectacle before them.  Our competing USBG members will be gunning for a spot on the national Don Q team, which will be flown, expenses paid, to sunny Puerto Rico!  Soft sand, hard bodies, and a shot at the Big Prize (cash money, of course), facing off against San Juan's finest. 

We are happy to announce that this leg of the Big Show will be judged by three local experts on tastiness:  renowned sommelier Marnie Old, Alfa's own mix master Kenny Shug, and Belgian Cafe Bartendrix and City Paper palate-on-the-street Felicia D'Ambrosio. 

Complimentary Don Q cocktails and lip-smacking Alfa eats will be served from 7 - 10pm, upstairs at Walnut Room.  Christian and Phoebe will be serving their Don Q cocktails in the VIP Lounge, Lauren will oblige further needs at a cash bar in the main room. The competition will start at 8pm.  This invitation is open to all comers, assuming of course that one is of legal drinking age.  Come dressed to finesse in your finest or funnest tropical gear.  Just be sure to mention at the door that you are there for the Don Q event. 

See you there!

Cheers!

Happy birthday to ya! Happy birthday to ya...

5 year anniversary / 5 day celebration
happy birthday to ya, happy birthdayyyy...

Day 01 / Wednesday 3/24:

DJs Brendan Bring'em & Cosmo Baker
GUESTLIST ONLY / FREE / 9pm

Day 02 / Thursday 3/25:

Bad Pop Army with DJ ROMES

live performances by Skeletor
FREE / 9pm

Day 03 / Friday 3/26:

DJ Skeme Richards

Aural Narrations by Gravy

Bashira's "Champagne Room"

Flip & Repeat & lots of surprises
$10 / 9pm

Day 04 / Saturday 3/27:

The Legendary DJ Tony Touch
& our resident legend DJ Statik
$10 / 9pm

Day 05 / Sunday 3/28:

Joe Beckham & Giancarlo DiPasquale host a reception

featuring the artwork of Rah Crawford

& sounds of DJ Botany 500
FREE / 10pm

Inspired by the Walnut Room’s 5th year anniversary celebration, visual artist Rah Crawford will photograph the evening as reference for his next painting. The people, place and memory will be immortalized as a work of fine art.

The artist’s connection to the Walnut Room dates back to the beginning of the lounge’s opening. Serving as host for several of his special events and exhibitions, the Walnut Room has been Crawford’s launch pad of choice before bounding across the Atlantic for international exhibitions.

Inspired by a relationship that has spanned half a decade, Rah Crawford will now focus a creative eye on his likely muse –the Walnut Room venue. Offering the delectable fruit of immortality, friends are invited to gather on Sunday March 28th, the last day of the Walnut Room’s 5-day celebration. Rah will photograph the social atmosphere as reference for his new painting. The completed artwork will be revealed the following month in April.

Walnut Room 1709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 215.751.0201

walnutroomredux.com / rahcrawford.com

I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!

If that isn't enough, we also have $3 happy hour snacks for you to munch on as you wiggle to the soundtrack of Blind Melon, Dr. Dre, and Nirvana.

That's your choice of hummus + pita, spicy cajun wings, homemade chips + salsa, edamame, or tater tots for $3!




Featuring:

THE CORNHOLIO -
Smirnoff Blueberry, 7Up, cherry juice + Black Haus

ARE YOU THREATENING ME?





P.S.
All day + every Tuesday,
we're offering $20 bottles of wine!
Mmm hmmm. It's the good stuff, too.

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Honey and White Grape Bellini

This gem of a cocktail has been a hot commodity since we put it back on the menu a few weeks ago. Some may remember this from the Walnut Room cocktail menu way back in the day. We have updated this version with a touch of star anise in the honey water. Here's a version of the recipe you can try at home.

• Muddle 3 fresh white grapes in a mixing glass.
• Add 1 oz of honey water. (To make honey water boil some water on the stove and carefully add a generous amount of your favorite honey. There are so many crazy honeys on the market these days it might be fun to try a couple different ones. Let the mixture cool and you're ready to go.)
• Muddle a little more, and strain the mixture into a champagne flute (if you want just throw it all in, it will taste fine.)
• Top with your favorite sparkling wine. We use a Brut from the Loire Valley, and I would suggest a dry sparkler.
• Now here's the delicate part. Float a very, very tiny amount of absinthe on the top of the drink. I can't stress enough...TINY. Unless you are a big absinthe fan, too much will cause problems.

We have to confess. We swiped this drink from an old issue of Class Magazine. It's just about the best industry mag around, but it's an UK publication and good freakin luck getting it.

Hope you like it.

Love,

Alfa

If the 300 Spartans were made of Ground Beef...

The Great Burger Wars of 2009 have produced legions of ground beef centurions who have waged a pitch battle over the gullets of our fair city. It started with arsenals of Tuna Burgers and Tofu Burgers and escalated into cavalries wielding such exotic weaponry as fried eggs, foie gras, crispy onions, corned beef and even the occasional cranberry something or other. The Knights of the Patty gutted, garroted, and grilled one another across the barren battlefield of our fair city, while a stunned populous gaped at the carnage.

Through the fog and the horror of war there stood one young warrior, one champion of the people, whose purity and deliciousness shone forth from the murky haze of the ruthless savagery. Born of hearty peasant stock, this Avatar of Americana bore only the humble arms of mushrooms, bacon, caramelized onions, and cheese. This was the ALFA BURGER who, through the simplest of means, would liberate the beleaguered peasantry from the attrition of the Knights of the Patty, and the gruesome gloom of the Great Burger War.

So since you can only put one burger in your face at a time, why not make it an ALFA BURGER.

One of our favorite cocktails, the Widow's Touch is back!

The Widow's Touch

1 oz Laird's Apple Brandy

1 oz B&B

1/2 oz St. Germaine Elderflower Liquor

Dash of Angostura Bitters

We love this cocktail. A great cocktail should always be bigger than the sum of it's parts. What this means for a cocktail is that the ingredients blend together to create a flavor that is wholly new, without any indication of the component flavors. It's one thing to do this with juices and syrups, but to simply blend liquors by themselves into a wonderful new flavor is the height of the art. The Widow's Touch is a great example of this. Come try it and see for yourself.

P.S. For all you cocktail vets out there here's a little secret: next time you're in Alfa ask EB to make the Irish Whiskey Dry Manhattan that he came up with on Monday. It's pretty special.

Tuesday, December 1st | 9pm - 12am | Complimentary Cabana Cachaça Drinks

Presented by Alfa American Tavern +
Cabana Cachaça along with United States Bartenders' Guild

Kick off the holiday season with a cocktail... our treat.

We all know you're going to need it.

Complimentary Cabana Cachaça:

"Authentically Brazilian" drinks from 9pm - 12am.

Nope, there's no catch.

Libations by Christian Gaal.

xoxo,

1709 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 | ph. 215.751.0201 | alfa-bar.com